Video shows Curry County jail's most recent inmate escape

Video shows Curry County jail's most recent inmate escape

CURRY COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) - A New Mexico jail notorious for inmate escapes just had another incident. Now, a newly released video shows just how the female inmate did it.

Surveillance video from inside the Curry County Detention Center shows 25-year-old Kaitlyn Martinez-Arington on the phone just after 9 p.m. on Aug. 6.

That's when she apparently sees her chance to make a break for it.

As a healthcare worker is leaving, Martinez-Arington then runs to catch the door before it closes.

A camera in the hallway catches what happens next: the unsuspecting woman walking towards a door that leads to the outside of the jail, and Martinez-Arington hiding around the corner, waiting until the woman makes it outside.

Martinez-Arington makes a run for it, but the woman fights back, trying to push her back in.

Martinez-Arington manages to get around her, appearing to have leverage over the door. The struggle continues for several seconds.

Martinez-Arington breaks free, bolting out of the door and into the south alleyway.

Martinez-Arington was caught the next day, at a home on Cameo near 14th Street.

Officers had to deploy tear gas to get her to surrender.

Since 2002, more than a dozen inmates have escaped from the Curry County Detention Center.